This book is created for introductory dynamics courses found in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aeronautical engineering, and engineering mechanics departments.

NEW - Active Example – This new example format encourages students to spend more time thinking critically about the concepts. Students will find this format easier to understand as they also gave comparisons to homework problems.

• The Active Example in each section is presented in enhanced visuals with multi-angles which allow students to grasp the concept vividly.

• A Practice Problem is included within each Active Example to formulate students’ thinking processes. Students also find the breakdown of the equations with explanations of steps most helpful.

• Full Solutions at the back to each Practice Problem give students additional motivation to check their understanding.

NEW - Example-Focused Problems - Homework problems are designed to encourage students to return to a previous example in the section and study it to expand their understanding of the concept. 

• Lecturers can easily identify and assign these problems to encourage further study of particular examples.

Results – Subsections that present essential contents of each section.

• Explanations and their associated figures are presented in the same enhanced visuals as the Active Example. Students will find it easier to understand the explanations.

NEW - 30% New Homework Problems - Students now have a wider range of questions to practice and apply the concepts. Lecturers now have more questions to select from, and these can be easily modified and added as new questions to their test banks.

*NEW - Mind Map for Summary and Review – The Chapters Mind-Maps and a Mastermind Map help students to focus and recap what they have learnt. The Chapters Mind Maps state the important objectives for the chapters. The Mastermind Map shows how all the Chapters Mind Maps’ concepts are linked together for the whole course of Statics and Dynamics. This Mind Map feature is available in the companion CD. Depending on their style of revision, students can expand branches of the Mind Maps to their preferences. This allows them to revise these concepts in brief (over a chapter or two) or wide (over Statics and Dynamics). The range of Mind Maps is endless.

*NEW - Animations for Teaching Concepts – These Animations illustrate some of the active examples and problems. They help students visualize the concepts better. This will reinforce some of the concepts that are important in this discipline. These animations are available in the companion CD.